Small plane crashes into Miami-Dade County lake

Pilot walks away uninjured after banner plane loses engine power

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - A small plane crashed into a lake in a northeast Miami-Dade County neighborhood Friday afternoon, but the pilot was able to walk away without a scratch.

Rob Ramirez told Local 10's Christina Vazquez he had been in the air for more than three hours and was returning to North Perry General Aviation Airport in Broward County when the banner plane lost engine power.

Realizing that he was going down, Ramirez chose the lake to avoid injuring anyone on the ground.